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I have been asking myself that same question for almost 25 years!

Just to clarify something: Mike Williams IS a Buc correct???

Because sportswriters get paid for their football opinions and we do not

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I think the network's worst nightmare would be a repeat of 2003: Devils vs Ducks.... Devils are an amazing team, but let's be fair here, they lack the national appeal. At least with the Sabres...they are alluring because of the whole Buffalo thing (Bills, close shaves for championships etc)

Reading this makes me realize more and more that these tools like Mort just do not get it when it comes to the draft... Q: Have your free agent losses this offseason changed your thought process at all in terms of drafting where you might have drafted something else? BB: No, I don't think so. I don't think you can do it that way. I really don't. You can't create players. You have to draft the board based on what your options are and as soon as you start taking players truly based on need, if they can't fill that need, then you have to come back the next year or the next pick and you're drafting again for the same spot and you haven't filled anything other than putting a name on a piece of cardboard and putting it up on the depth chart. You really don't have anything if the player can't fulfill that expectation or that role that you think you drafted him for. I think you're a lot better off drafting players that can perform on your team in a role that you need or in a role that gives some value to the team. Sometimes players aren't there at the position you want them, but you can't manufacture them. You just have to take the player that helps your team the most at that point, even if it's at a position that may not be necessarily the top need. Again, to go back to when I was with the Giants. We drafted Lawrence Taylor and we had Lawrence Taylor and Brad VanPelt and we took Carl Banks and nobody liked that pick. That was a pretty stupid pick, why would you take Banks when you have VanPelt and Taylor? It turned out to be probably one of our best picks at the Giants. I think you have to take guys that you think are good football players. Putting the team together that's certainly a process you have to go through. But to try to manufacture somebody, 'We need this position,' and then take a guy and he doesn't end up being able to do the job, then you still need that position. Bill Belichek

I completely agreee with this comment. Honestly I am getting sick and tired of articles hinting that the Sabres were JUST built for the 'new NHL'. The Sabres might not be AS good in the old NHL, but I would be willing to bet they are still a solid playoff team in the old NHL. Even in the old NHL, if you have 4 lines that can score, great chemistry, and solid goaltending and a good coach, you will win, even if you do not have an abudance of 'defensive defenseman' and lots of size. Sometimes I get the feeling writers like this from places like Toronto almost try to cheapen what the Sabres have accomplished with the "built for the new NHL" comments, because their own team is sitting home. JMHO.

I had an uncle who I was very close to and always told me something: He never liked wakes or funerals because he said "I never want my latest thoughts about someone who I cared for be about the funeral or the wake, always emphasize the good times you have shared with someone and cherish the special memories" Take time to grieve, it is ok to do that. Very sorry to hear about your loss and I will keep you, your friends, and your friend's family in my prayers.

It is...without the fried noodles

Wait, isnt Holcomb in Jacksonville too?????

here's my pick: $1 Trifecta Key: 18 with the 4 6 and 10

Sad but true

I thought maybe it was because Mort signed up for TBD under MortReach and started a new thread

Is Tampa Bay about 200 miles from Jacksonville? Big Mike is calling...needs to know how to get to Tampa from Jacksonville so he can report to camp

Now I get it...so THIS is why it costs more to sentence someone to death versus life in prison??? Man LA, your take on this was graphic and made me realize there are some REAL sick SOB's out there...This fuker should have been DEAD 15+ years ago. What a disgrase out system can be at times.

My pick edited...you talked me into it!! Choke Sens Choke!!!!

Eastern Conference 1 Ottawa vs 4 Buffalo Buffalo in 6 tater, you talked me into it!!!! 2 Carolina vs 3 New Jersey New Jersey in 6 Western Conference 5 San Jose vs 8 Edmonton Edmonton in 6 6 Anaheim vs 7 Colorado Anaheim in 7

You make valid points...but the Texans D is also abysmal....Williams can make the entire D-line MUCH better...he too will create mismatches...plus the Texans already have some good talent at the skill positions (Carr notwithstanding) and they need a OL.... Point is, both guys can be great....how anyone can say it is a blunder less then one week after the draft is beyond me.

Why is not drafting Bush a blunder? How many NFL games has Bush played?

In a followup to this story, ESPN 'expert" Chris Mortensen has already announced no matter who the Buffalo Bills use with the 6th round pick in 2011, that player is already "a reach" and a "headscratcher"

Mort is mortified with this move!!!!! What was Marv thinking?!!?

Winning three games in a series 3-0, 7-1 and 8-2 I guess clearly states in Philly that the refs were paid off...wow